Adriana Lima, who truly needs no introduction as she's been walking the Victoria's Secret runway since 1999, got really real in her latest Instagram post. 

Fans most often see Adriana in a campaign or glammed up for a red carpet appearance, but every now and then, the natural beauty will post no-makeup selfies on Instagram to give everyone a glimpse of what it really takes to be a supermodel. 

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This time, the model and mother of two opened up a little more about how challenging the modeling industry can be after she had to work all day while sick. 

Adriana says in the caption:

This is not a complain, just sharing a little bit of my life. Sometimes, people question, that model life is easy, and that's wrong, we work as hard as any other individual. Today I had 10 hours of work day, shooting with a very bad cold, coughing no stop and a massive headache. That did not stopped me on doing what I love. I finished, went to airport, to comeback home to see my 2 princesses. Arriving there, my flight was over 3 hours delayed. I fly from NYC to Miami. Just waked home 2am. Happy to be here. And wanted to share the face of a hard working model, and share that I am not the only one that works this hard. Thank you. And I hope my message don't get misunderstand. Love u all

I mean TBH, being a supermodel and looking like/training like Adriana Lima doesn't seem that easy. And now that much has been confirmed.  

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